Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1887-09-28

ilHns IlL his L@Cc Gl1 not uetOken any
very great grief a. the intelligence
A Little more conversation passed
between the two men and then they
parted. Thompson giving his wealthy
friend his new address, and the latter
assuring him that he would 60 his best
10 6nd berth for "Mr. Ton,'' and
that he would write or call as soon AS
lie had any good news 20 communicate.
| The old man went home inclined to
think that the banker was, after all,
"a good sort, 4" and ,tngratulating him
self on having found a friend in his
| time of need.
y week had hardly elapsed from the
| time OF this fortunate meeting, when
/ the banker presented himself at No. 50
/ Battenberg Terrace, Upper Holloway.
kate's cheeks flushed as she gave him
her hand, and the German thought
| land rightly that she looked quite as
| beautiful in her cheap merino frock
and Imitation lace collar as she had
done in an expensive costume in the
days of her fathers prosperity.
He said very little to her, turning
his attention chiefly to her father. He
was the bearer OF good news. He had
used his infiu nee successfully with a
gentlemen whom he knew-a director
of an Indian Tea Company-and he
was able to offer Tom a post on tea
plantation in India. 1t was not very
much, but better than nothing, perhaps
and 1t was a beginning. OF course
the offer was gratefully accepted on be-
half of the young man, who happened
TO be out that evening; and after a
somewhat prolonged stay in the shabby
little sittin.-room, the banker took his
departure. There was something in his
manner. composed as it was, as he shook
hands with Kate, that told the girl that
he had not forgotten the events OF the
previous year-that he, was still in
heart her lover.
| After this Mr. Brandt became a
pretty frequent visitor at Battenberg
Terrace, and in various ways he con-
trIved to make himself agreeable to the
dIsconsolats family. Thompson hap
pened to be a member of the Honorable
Company of Buckle Makers. a friend
OF Brandt's, who was a master Buckle
Maker. represented his case 10 the
board, and. after a little delay. the de-
cayed merchant found himself a
brother-pensioner of the company, with
an annuity OF fifty guineas- Several
times IL happened that dramatic critics.
or managers, friends of Mr.. Brandt.
D EAcSculC4 AAAA1l Win OOA NANAONo AOA
various theatres, and on these occasions
Mr.. Brandt always insisted that his
friends the ThompSOns should be pres
ent at the entertainment. kate's little
sisters were made happy by Christmas
presents far exceeding their utmost
expectations.
| BY degrees the German regained a
friendly footing IN the family circle,
and yet he could not be sure that Kate
regarded him with more favor than she
formerly did. She was always polite
TO him, but always cold and distant.
In spite OF this, the German determined
TO delay no longer. He WAS madly in
love with her-a hundred times more
in love than he had been when he had
proposed to her the first time And
lie thought that in spite of the girls
evident GOODNESS he had now good pros
poets of success.
This time he said nothing to her
father. lie watched his opportunity
when the old man was out OF the way,
and pIeaded his cause earnestly, but
RESPECTFULLY enough. He said nothing
about the strength of his passion; he
did not refer in any way to his previous
offer. Nor did he allude to the bent IFS
, he had conferred upon the family. lie
limited that he could offer her home
that would be more than comfortable,
, and that by accepting him she would
; be acting the part of a good daughter
and securing her sisters future.
, Kate heard him to the end. looking
him straight in the face all the time
The German did not like that straight
: forward gaze; it looked as If the girl
had not forgotten the past, and meant
1 10 reject him, but he bore 1t untiInch
| lngly aud waited for his answer.
: At length it came-she accepted
himI
\ The German could hardly suppress
: cry OF exu!tatIon as he sprang to hi
r feet and approached the beautiful CIR
S who had just promised to be his wife
/ "Hush, do sit down, Mr.. Brandt, y
j she said, rising and retreating TO tn
3 door. II hear papa coAlng-
d Mr.. Thompson did, in fact, come II
5 at that moment, and Kate escaped &
s her bedroom, leaving her lover u
e tell the news TO her father.
The banker left Gutenberg Terrace
{ that evening III a whIrl of exc.temen
q and savage delight. His triumph wa
e complete. That lovely form, tha
e peerless creature, was to be his owl
d at last, at last he had triumphed. Ia
d this he had ruined her father, brough
e the family to poverty, and appeared
d the character of its benefactor. An
{ now the prize was within his grasp.
The Germans old friends hardl
l. knew HIM for the next SIX weeks. ii
N rushed into all sorts of extravagance
|. He took a house in Mayfair, and fu
d nishel IL from top to bottom, engage
It servants (every one Of them natives
2 the FatheTland), laid IN a STOCK oil wine
and ordered the most magnlhcer
Iy breakfast that a London CONNECTIONS
E. could provide. -
.. Very little of this profusion foun
I its way to Battenberg Terrace. Tin
Z enough for that, thought Herr Brand
> when the girl was his wife; land lit
: enough luxury will she have even then,
r. ne said to himself. ''if she doesn't 81
.d tit to mend her manners Kate Wa
r indeed. as cold to him as ever she Ia
se been. and took no pains to conceal FRO
pr her lover the fact that she looked
m herself as a lamb led to the slaugEte
o The fatal day arrived. All NJ
Brandt's friends and acquaiatances
I London. and a good many whose
,r- uu.intauces hip with him was OF rath
rn a slender character, were asked 10 u
"A wedding. He was ANXIOUS to show
70 beautiful bride to the whole world. 7
a for Mr, Thompson's relations, U
ak banker did not trouble nimselt 10 !
nv uuire about them-the bride IaupI
ut were paupers. 1t did not matt
ne whether any OF them were present
as not. On the eve Of the wedding da
az bowever- a magnificent bridal DIRE:
"a Veil and wreath, and set OF pear
pn arrived at Battenberg Terrace, sent
ba the bridegroom, that his wife mig
annear in public suitably apparelied.
for The morning came. The maria
~ ras to be at the fashionable churc
de 81. Bridget's, Westminster. at ha
eli mast eleven, and by eleven O'Clock
Church began to fill with the bric
as 0room's guests. at twenty minn'